FW: Airport Officials Find Blasting Cap In Man's Luggage

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I am wondering how the nation's passenger service would treat this problem
with such open access at train stations all across the country?  Will we
ever have some kind of Airport security in places like the train station in
Sacramento?  The station is so open to anyone. What would be the solutions
to this?
Metal detector/ dogs?  What?                             Thanks to all,
Bob



BOB FLETCHER
US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
MILITARY DESIGN SECTION
10th FLOOR S.W.
SACRAMENTO DISTRICT
1325 J STREET, SACRAMENTO
CALIFORNIA, 95814-2922
Phone   (916) 557-7235


-----Original Message-----
From: David Mueller [mailto:dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:04 AM
To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Airport Officials Find Blasting Cap In Man's Luggage


SOURCE: KITV
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/3442544/detail.html

Airport Officials Find Blasting Cap In Man's Luggage

POSTED: 5:37 am HST June 21, 2004
UPDATED: 5:47 am HST June 21, 2004

HONOLULU -- A man was arrested Sunday at Honolulu International Airport
after trying to take a blasting cap aboard a flight to the mainland.

State Department of Transportation spokesman Scott Ishikawa said the cap
that could be used as part of a training grenade was detected in the man's
carryon luggage by scanning equipment before he boarded ATA Flight 754 to
Los Angeles.

Ishikawa said airport officials were also suspicious of the man because he
had bought a one-way ticket with cash. He said the man was taken to the
federal detention center, and the blasting cap was turned over to the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

A call seeking comment from the Honolulu office of the FBI wasn't
immediately returned.

Ishikawa said airport operations and flights were unaffected by the
incident.

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